Sign-in: 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. if this is live, in person / Webinar Opens at 8:30 a.m. and starts at 9 a.m.
Clinical Supervision Regulations (15 Minutes): 9 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
A. Statutes vs. regulations
B. ADC Clinical Supervision Regulations (updated changes from 2019)
C. Comparison to other licensure’s clinical supervision standards
D. Discussion of cross licensure differences in the regulations and legal implications
Malpractice (15 Minutes): 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
A. What is needed to prove malpractice and malpractice insurance discussion
B. How to reduce legal liability
Duty to Warn and Protect (45 Minutes): 9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
A. Duty to warn defined
B. NJ Legal Standards regarding duty to warn
C. Imminent Danger Defined
D. Supervisor and supervisee issues surrounding duty to warn
E. NBCC and ACA on Duty to Warn
F. Duty to warn interactive group exercises
Morning Break: 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Ethical Decision Making and Ethical Theory (30 Minutes): 10:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
A. Ethical Decision Making.
B. Intrapsychic Theory of Ethical Decision Making
C. Social Interaction and Utilitarian Theories of Ethical Decision Making
D. Most common ethical complaints against therapists
New ADC Telehealth/Telemedicine Rule (30 Minutes): 11 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
A. Overview of the ADC Telehealth/Telemedicine rule proposal and eventual adoption
B. Specific covering Telehealth regulation 13:34C-7.3 Standard of care
C. Specific covering Telehealth regulation 13:34C-7.7 Prevention of fraud and abuse
Confidentiality and Informed Consent (45 Minutes): 11:30 A.m. – 12:15 p.m.
A. Confidentiality defined. Specific issues to 42-CFR-Part2 updated in 2017
B. General confidentiality issues and how this impacts the counselor and the supervisor
C. Exceptions to confidentiality
D. Confidentiality interactive group exercise
E. NJ ADC Division of Consumer Affairs confidentiality standards
F. NJ ADC Informed Consent standards
Lunch Break: 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Record Keeping (30 Minutes): 1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
A. Types of clinical record keeping
B. Clients access to their own records
C. NJ ADC Division of Consumer Affairs record keeping standards
D. Record keeping interactive group exercise
The Uniform Enforcement Act and Impairment (30 minutes): 1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
A. Overview of the Uniform Enforcement Act 2021 revision
B. Section 37 of UFA regarding Duty to Report
C. Section 21 of URA regarding Refusal to License or Renew, Grounds
D. What constitutes employee impairment
E. Impaired employee interactive group exercise
Afternoon break 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Dual Relationships (30 Minutes): 2:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Dual Relationships (30 Minutes): 2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
A. What makes a dual relationship unethical?
B. NAADAC code on dual relationships
C. Sexual and Non-sexual dual relationships
D. Definition of workplace harassment.
E. Definition of sexual harassment.
F. NJ ADC Division of Consumer Affairs harassment and sexual harassment standards
G. Issues and responses necessary in a workplace harassment situation
3 p.m. - Question and answer period, instructions on how to obtain PDF of certificate of completion.